Class II. BROWN GULL' 543 



ty of the former. It differed in having the edges of 

 the eye-lids covered with white foft feathers. The 

 forepart of the head white ; the fpace round the 

 eyes dufky : from the corner of each eye is a broad 

 dufky bar, fnrrounding the hind part of the head •, 

 behind that is another reaching from ear to ear : 

 the ends, interior and exterior edges of the three 

 firft quil-feathers black ; the ends and interior fides 

 only of the two next black, but the fhafts and 

 middle part white ; the tips of the two next white 5 

 beneath a black bar : the reft, as well as the fecon- 

 daries, afh color. 



In all other refpects it refembled the common 

 pewit gull. The fat was of a deep orange color. 



The brown Tern. Wil. om. Sterna nigra. Lin. fyft. 227. 253. Brown, 



352. Faun. Suec.fp. 159. 



Sterna fufca. Ran fyn, a<u. Br. Z00U 143. 



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"Ji/r R. Ray has left us the following obfcure ac- 



*- count of this bird ; communicated to him by 



Mr. John/on, a Ycrkfbire gentleman. " The whole Descrip. 



" under fide is white -, the upper brown : the 



" wings partly brown, partly afh color : the head 



" black : the tail not forked : thefe birds fly in 



" companies. 5 ' 



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